Cotton Remains Above Last Year
WASHINGTON - Dec 10/14 - SNS -- Production of all types of cotton is now expected to total 15.9 million 480-pound bales, down 3% from last month but up 23% from last year, according to the latest crop production estimates from the USDA.
Yield is expected to average 773 pounds per harvested acre, down 48 pounds from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 15.3 million 480-pound bales, up 25% from 2013. Pima cotton production, forecast at 578,000 bales, was carried forward from last month.
Upland cotton harvested area is expected to total 9.69 million acres, unchanged from last month but up 32% from 2013. Pima harvested area, at 189,400 acres, was carried forward from last month.
Harvest progressed throughout the cotton producing regions during November. As of November 23, 77% of the crop had been harvested, identical to the same time last year but 6 percentage points behind the 5- year average. Record high yields are forecast in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, and Virginia.
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